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ValerieVanilla seemed confused. She blinked at me, as if she’d said something wrong. “W..what do you mean?”“How do you know she was branded?” I asked again, my voice edged with something severe.Vanilla gave an awkward laugh. “Why do you sound so angry?” She looked around, making sure no one else was eavesdropping in one our conversation. There were certainly eyes on us from across the room, but I was certain they couldn’t hear. With all the conversations going on, it was difficult to make out any one discussion.Vanilla leaned in, cupping her mouth to whisper in my ear, “My master took me to the market when the branding company was offering services there. I saw her.”“When?” I asked, an icy feeling shooting through my veins.So I was right. That mark had been branded on her by her master.“Uh…a couple of weeks ago, I think,” said Vanilla. “My ,memory’s a bit fuzzy. That’s not exactly something you want to keep in your thoughts, you know?”“How can you be sure it was her?” I asked.
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Valerie “The second prince?” I asked. Once again Vanilla blinked at me with wide doe eyes. I was beginning to wonder if she was really as innocent as she looked, or if it was all an act. “You don’t know much about the Lane family, do you?” she asked. I felt struck by her suspicion. I had intended to play the role of Lucas’s pet thoroughly, and I was failing at it with every passing second. I ducked my head down a little. “I—don’t ask my Master questions. If he wishes to tell me, he’ll tell me.” Vanilla’s soft brows knitted together in the middle. Another look of pity—or maybe just confusion. “So you don’t know how powerful he is? The Lane family has always been the most powerful clan to walk the earth. Lord Kronos himself was a direct descendant of a royal bloodline. Their family name has existed for thousands of years.” She laughed incredulously. “They’re literally royalty. How do you not know?” I blinked, my cheeks going a little pink. How had I been so unprepared to act as Luca
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ValerieI was no longer interested in Lucas’s story. In tales of the prince, and love between beasts and humans. Vanilla was eager to keep blabbering on about the fairytale she’d painted in her mind, but I paid little attention to it.I was too frightened by the prospect of one day being trapped as a beast’s concubine. Of being slaughtered by his jealous wife.“It’s the best future we could hope for as slaves,” said Vanilla, as if she’s read my mind. “Truly, if your Master loves you enough to make you a concubine, you’re among the luckiest of us. You should do your best to earn a good merit with him.”I felt a sharp sliver of frustration stick into me. I did my best to bite my tongue so that I did not cause any waves, but Vanilla’s upbeat attitude toward this horrid life of ours was beginning to chafe me. We were not lucky and we would not live out romantic lives with the men who held us captive.I wanted to slap the smile right off of her face, but she didn’t deserve that.She was cl
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LucasThe rest of the room had been so deeply devolved in chatter, that almost none of them noticed the wretched scream that spilled out over the valley.They were busy complaining about the blood shortage, the city infrastructure, the crime. Anything they could think of to devolve the conversation from the matter at hand. But the sound that had rung through the castle was clear.I noticed. And my father seemed to notice as well.Kronos stopped and raised a palm to quiet the room. Slowly, the chatter halted. The room went still and quiet, and we listened to minutes of silence go by.At first, I thought perhaps I had imagined the sound. Then another wretched scream rang out. The one was not mistaken. It was far too beastly to be human.I knew that sound. We all knew that sound.Suddenly, I was shoving my way through the crowd. Pushing aside vampires to make a break for the door.There was a dragon in our land. A dragon on vampiric territories. It was strange, but of course, not impossi
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ValerieI regretted not looking away.I had been so curious, I could not help but meet the dragon’s gaze when he had climbed through the window and stepped into the room. The other slaves panicked and screamed, cowered into balls and clawed to get away. But I simply stared. It was all I could do. And yet doing so had garnered his attention, and he did not seem keen on releasing me from his grasp.When he had cut me free from my leash and held me in his arms, I froze. Though his body was warm—burning, like the fire set ablaze to the lawn. He had hooked a strong forearm around me and pressed our bodies together. “Why do they have a pretty little thing like you all tied up?” he asked. “That should be my job.”Now he was leading me out of the room, that same strong arm curled around my shoulders.I was not used to the sight of naked men, and the dragon stood so brazenly, so fearless of his carnal form. I struggled to place my gaze. If I looked him in the face, I would be staring into his
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Valerie“He’s lying,” I muttered.I hadn’t realized I’d said anything at all, until the room fell silent. Every set of eyes shifted onto me with uncomfortable regard.I shouldn’t have spoken out. A slave was not allowed to take part in conversations, particularly when uninvited. And I had most certainly uninvited.A good slave was meant to play deaf. To act as if we heard nothing and to speak only when spoken to. We were to be flies on the wall—to be present in conversation, but never active unless it was expected of us.The vampires seemed displeased with my audacity. My heart sank an I lowered my head in a silent apology, my heart doubling at the thought of how I might be punished.“What was that?” asked Lucas. He sidled closer, a smirk on his face. “You had something to say, little bird?”I couldn’t bring myself to speak. I didn’t want to press the issue any more. I just wanted to return to Xavier’s castle. I wanted to sleep in that warm bed and watch the sun rise through the lovel
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ValerieI was glad to be placed into a more private room, but I did not feel relief from the intensity of the situation with the Lord of dragons sitting clear across from us on the sofa.I sipped on the tea I had been given, curled up under the blanket Lucas had requested for me. It was only Lucas and Sebastion; Adrain had been asked to join the guard outside for the duration of their meeting.He wasn’t particularly happy about it, of course. He griped and groaned the entire way to his station, complaining about Sebastion’s compliance with every step.As for the other vampires, they were relieved of their gathering. Kronos and his son left for the journey back to Chelver, and assured the dragons that they would be keeping close tabs on the wizard situation.According to Lucas, they simply had no interest in the drama, nor the excuses from the Lord of Baycrest. And of course, nothing would come of the auction or the illegal trade they had all participated in. No one was concerned about
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XAVIER I stared at the phone for much too long. The small device—one of only a few left in the entire world—sitting in inanimate silence, and somehow still mocking me. It took all I had to reach for it, and even once I’d done that, I could not bring myself to pick it up. After several beats of hesitation, I lifted it in my hands and dialed the number to Saelmere Castle. It rang once. Twice. Three times. Then he answered. “Well, well, well. If it isn’t the long lost prince. What is it? Did you miss me too terribly?” At first, Lucas sounded joyful—maybe even a little humorous. And then suddenly, his tone dropped. All the smile fell from his voice and he grumbled lowly into the line, “I must say, It is about damned time.” I frowned at the sound of Lucas’s droll, irritable tone. After the security over the city was reinforced, no one had been able to call in or out. I wasn’t sure how many times Lucas had made the attempt, but by the sound of his hard-edged voice, he was angry. Whic
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